Hell man, not this kind. An I do, do it. Guess the modern heiropglyphics are beyond me.

-3^2 according to the instructor.. is positive 9...

with PEMDAS.. I work left to right

In that case would you consider selling my house for me at a commission of (100% X -1)?

LOL.

Back in the day Realtors were required to know RE math inside and out but most of it has been removed from licensing requirements.

I sure hope my Realtor can do math..I know doctors have to take at least up to Calc 3!...

I'll only be able to take Calc 2 at the CC.. Calc 3 and the rest at state..

I think in December I'll take the CPT and see if that score will get me into Algebra...


I'm off to do some paragraph for comp... my diagnostic writing from Wednesday showed if I took the final today I would score a B+ for the class

The problem is there are so many scenerios that its tough for them to get the proper data to do it in the field, its would not be easy for them to compute a 3-2-1 I/O fully amortizing hybrid while showing a home.

Sure as long as we write 6% on the contract!:D

Are you using a TI83?

If it was -3^2, the correct answer is -9
If it was (-3)^2, the correct answer is 9

:D Well think about my offer... I'll settle for 51% of last years market value, so it should be easy to move.

that makes no sense...

I can see it being negative if -(3)^2

but... (-3)^2 and -3^2....

-3*-3 aka -3^2=9

By definition, -3^2 implies -(3)^2 because the operations of subtraction and addition are subservient to multiplication and division.

Therefore -3^2 gives a different result than (-3)^2.

Like I mentioned above, it's the parentheses that cause the result to change completely, depending on how they are utilized.

I hate -3^2....

I will have the answer on monday... I even asked him today.. -3^2... is.. 9.. ...

I believe he's technically incorrect. But, clearly, he's implying (-3)^2. I'd like to hear the argument for the lack of parentheses...........

From the link I posted eariler:
"When we're working with variables, if we see -x^2, we interpret it in
the second way, as -(x^2), because squaring (or any exponentiation)
takes precedence over negation (or any multiplication; -x is treated
as -1*x.

When you have numbers only, as in -9^2, it's not at all clear that we
should treat it differently from -x^2. However, some will argue that
it should, because -9 represents a single number, not an operation on
a number. Thus, some will interpret -9^2 as (-9)^2, while others will
read it as -(9^2)."
This seems a question begging for resolution, perhaps if we could establish some rules for math we could move on and focus our efforts on world peace.